New Mexico city reports huge decline in crime for 2017

ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico city is seeing a huge decline in crime across the board. From domestic violence calls, to DWIs and murder, the city of Roswell has had a more peaceful year.
Police believe there are plenty of reasons, but a big one is that people are keeping a better eye out for each other. The police department says the homicide rate dropped almost 60 percent after 12 homicides in 2016, followed by only five this past year.
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